Gage.



Patanted Oct. 8, 190i. 0. STOUT.

G A G E (Application filed Feb. 27, 1901.

(No Model.)

WNW 55555 Tn: NORRIS PETERS cc. PHOTO-LYING WASHDIGTDN. n, c.

-UNlTED STATES PATENT 7 OFFICE.

CORNELIUS STOUT, OF POMONA, CALIFORNIA.

GAGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent o. 684,006, dated October 8, 1901s Application filed February 27, IQQL Serial No. 519,139. (No model.) 7 i T0 aZZ whont it may concern:

Be it known that I, CORNELIUS S'roU'r,a citi zen of the United States, residing at Pomona, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented a. new and useful Gage for Use on Wood-Turning Lathes, of,

which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to means for indicating on the woodwork to be turned in a lathe the point where the work is to be done.

The object is to provide a simple and convenient means to indicate where on the material in the lathe to be turned the work shall be performed andalso toindicate the extent and depth of the work to be performed and to dispense with the necessity of making a new gage for every new job put in the lathe. I accomplish these objects by means of the mechanism herein described, and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my gage mounted and in place on a wood-turning lathe. A piece of wood partly turned is also inplace in the lathe,with the pointers indicating where the turning should be done. Fig. 2 is an enlarged elevation, partly broken away, of the gage-supporting bracket and the gage-bar, also enlarged, partly broken away, with two pointers secured thereon. Fig. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of a pointerholding clamp.

In the drawings thegage-bar A is revolubly mounted in upright supports B on the gage-supporting bracket B, disposed on the rear side of the turning-lathe and approximately level with the top of the partiallyturned piece of wood 0 in'the lathe, the shank B of the supporting-bracket being placed in the socket I, disposed on the rear side of the lathe. Adjustably mounted on this gage-bar and secured thereon by the thumb-screws E are any desirable number of pointer-holding clamps F, in each of which is a gage-pointer D, the sharpened end of which approximately reaches the top center of the work in the lathe. These gage-pointers are secured in the clamp by the thumb-screws G and are so spaced apart on the gage-bar as to point where the turning is to be done on the work in the lathes, and when it is desired to indicate the depth of out to he made in the work in the lathe the point can be so gaged as to reach the bottom of the cut to be made, when the gage-pointers are thrown into the operative position. Thisis accomplished by setting the gage-pointer in the clamp such a distance that when the cutting-tool has cut the depth required at this point the pointer will fall off the work/thereby indicating that the required depth of out has been made. Securely clamped at either end of the gage-bar and 011 the out side of the upright'supports B are the dent dogs'H to limit the rotary movement of the gage-rod,'0ne dog, H, so clamped to the rod as,

to cause the ofiset point thereon to contact with'the back of the upright support B and limit the movement downward of the sharpened ends of the projecting pointers and hold them in any desired position over the work in the lathe, while the other dog, H, will limit the backward rotation of the bar when the offset point thereon contacts with the back part of the upright B. When in this last position, the sharpened ends of the pointers will be up and away from the work in the lathe. These detent-dogs are within' easy access of the operator at thelathe and by means of which he can readily throw the pointers down in the downturnedoperative position, (shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings,) in which position they will be in when turning is being done on the lathe, and when the lathe is at-rest for changing the work the sharpened end of the pointers will be thrown backward into the upoperative position while work is being done on the lathe, as they in no manner interfere with the work of the cutting-tool. With the proper adjustment of these pointers any desirable size can be given to the work or any depth of out can be indicated, and thereby produce great uniformity in finishing work When desired.

Having described my invention, what I supporting, socket I adapted to receive said [5 shank; gage-pointers D adj ustably mounted on the gage-bar; detent-dogs H 11' adjustably secured to the gage-bar and having ofiset ends adapted to contact with the upright supports and limit the rotary movement 0f 20 the gage.

In Witness that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto subscribed my name this 19th day of February, 1901.

CORNELIUS STOUT. Witnesses:

GEO. W. CANDENY, J. R. GARTHSIDE. 

